Saadallah Wannous
Saadallah Wannous سعد الله ونوس | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1941 Tartous, Syria. |
| Died | May 15, 1997 (aged 55–56) |
| Occupation | Playwright, Writer |
Saadallah Wannous (
Al-Baath and the Lebanese daily As-Safir. For many years, he was also director of the department for music and theater in the Ministry for Culture and National Guidance of Syria
.
In the late 1960s, he traveled to
theater
and encountered various currents, trends, and schools of European theater. His career as a playwright had begun in the early Sixties with several short, one-act plays, characterized by his fundamental theme: the relationship between the individual and society and its authorities.
Career
In the late 1960s, triggered by the Arab defeat of the
dramatists from all over the Arab world. In this festival, he introduced his new project: A "theater of politicization" to replace the traditional "political theater." He intended theater to play a more active role in the process of social and political change. His plays include Elephant, the King of All Times (1969), The King is the King (1977) and Hanthala's Journey from Slumber to Consciousness (1978). His 1968 play entitled Haflat samar min ajl 5 Huzayrān (Arabic: An Evening’s Entertainment for the Fifth of June) is among the best Arabic responses to the 1967 war.[1]
In the late 1970s, Wannous helped establish and later taught at the
Arab-Israeli conflict
. Afterwards, he wrote Fragments from History (1994), Rituals of Signs and Transformations (1994), Miserable Dreams (1995), A Day of Our Time (1995), and finally Mirage Epic (1996).
In 1996, he was selected by
International Theater Day
on March 27. This was the first selection of an Arab writer since the organization started this tradition in 1963.
In 2014, his plays Rituals of Signs and Transformations, The Evening Party for the Fifth of June, The Adventure of the Mamluk Jaber's Head, and The Drunken Days were published in English by the
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center.[2]
Personal life
His daughter Dima Wannous is known as journalist, writer and novelist, who left Syria for exile in the United Kingdom.
Death
On May 15, 1997, he died of cancer, a disease he had battled for 5 years.[3]
Selected works
- The Elephant, Oh King of the Time, (1969).
- The King is the King, (1977).
- Hanthala's Journey from Slumber to Consciousness, (1978).
- The Rape, (1989).
- Fragments from History, (1994).
- Rituals of Signs and Transformations, (1994).
- Miserable Dreams (1995).
- A Day of Our Time (1995).
- Mirage Epic (1996).
- The Adventure of the Mamluk Jaber's Head
- The Drunken Days
See also
Further reading
- Wannous, Sa'dallah (2019-03-26). Sentence to Hope. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-22134-3.
References
External links
| International | |
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| National | |
| Academics | |
| Other | |
- ^ Beskova (Kobzosova), Katarina (2015). "Sa'dallah Wannus and the Theatre of Politicization". Asian and African Studies. 24 (2) – via www.academia.edu.